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Stefan Jarl

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 03/18/1941 (83) | Skara (Sweden)
Stefan Jarl (born 18 March 1941) is a Swedish film director best known for his documentaries. Together with Jan Lindqvist he made the Mods Trilogy, three films which follow a group of alienated people in Stockholm from the 1960s to the 1990s, They Call Us Misfits (1968), A Respectable Life (1979) and The Social Heritage (1993). A Respectable Life won the 1979 Guldbagge Awards for Best Film and Best Director. Jarl also wrote and directed Jag är din krigare (1997), and directed Terrorists: The Kids They Sentenced (2003), The Girl from Auschwitz (2005), and Submission (2010), a documentary about the "chemical burden" of synthetics and plastics carried by people born after World War II. At the 25th Guldbagge Awards in 1990 he won the Creative Achievement award and in 2017 Jarl received the Lenin Award. In his acceptance speech, he said: "My... ()
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Stefan Jarl is a Swedish film director best known for his documentaries. Together with Jan Lindqvist he made the Mods Trilogy, three films which follow a group of alienated people in Stockholm from the 1960s to the 1990s, They Call Us Misfits (1968), A Respectable Life (1979) and The Social Heritage (1993). A Respectable Life won the 1979 Guldbagge Awards for Best Film and Best Director. Jarl also wrote and directed Jag är din krigare (1997), and directed Terrorists: The Kids They Sentenced (2003), The Girl from Auschwitz (2005), and Submission (2010), a documentary about the "chemical burden" of synthetics and plastics carried by people born after World War II. At the 25th Guldbagge Awards in 1990 he won the Creative Achievement award and in 2017 Jarl received the Lenin Award.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Kids & Family

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Awards & Nominations for Stefan Jarl

Lenin Award (Sweden) European Film Award for Best Documentary Honorary Doctor At Karlstad University Guldbaggen För Kreativa Insatser Guldbagge Award for Best Director European Film Award for Best Documentary
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Movies with Stefan Jarl as Actor(7)

Movies with Stefan Jarl as Crew(45)

Directing/Director2018 Innan vintern kommer
Writing/Writer2018 Innan vintern kommer
Directing/Director2014 Koltrasten
Directing/Director2013 Decency
Production/Producer2010 The Subjection
Directing/Director2005 The Girl from Auschwitz
Directing/Director2002 Muraren
Directing/Director2000 De hemlösa
Directing/Director2000 Beauty Will Save the World
Directing/Director1998 Liv till varje pris
Directing/Director1997 Nature's Warrior
Writing/Writer1997 Nature's Warrior
Directing/Director1994 Samernas land
Writing/Screenplay1994 Samernas land
Directing/Director1993 Misfits to Yuppies
Production/Producer1993 Misfits to Yuppies
Writing/Writer1993 Misfits to Yuppies
Directing/Director1991 Jåvna, renskötare år 2000
Directing/Director1990 Good People
Production/Producer1990 Good People
Writing/Writer1990 Good People
Directing/Director1989 Time Has No Name
Writing/Writer1989 Time Has No Name
Directing/Director1987 The Threat
Writing/Screenplay1987 The Threat
Directing/Director1985 The Soul Is Greater Than the World
Directing/Director1983 Nature's Revenge
Directing/Director1979 A Respectable Life
Production/Producer1979 A Respectable Life
Sound/Sound Recordist1979 A Respectable Life
Writing/Writer1979 A Respectable Life
Directing/Assistant Director1976 Man on the Roof
Production/Production Manager1976 Man on the Roof
Production/Producer1972 Ture Sventon - Privatdetektiv
Production/Producer1970 The Magic Circle
Writing/Writer1970 The Magic Circle
Directing/Director1968 They Call Us Misfits
Editing/Editor1968 They Call Us Misfits
Sound/Sound1968 They Call Us Misfits
Writing/Writer1968 They Call Us Misfits
Production/Supervising Producer1965 Kyrie

Additional Information

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Full Name: Stefan Jarl
Citizenship: Sweden
Born: Tuesday, 03/18 1941 (March) in Skara (Sweden) (current age: 83 years + 11 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: German (DE), Swedish (SV)
Stefan Jarl frequently works together with these people:
Jan Lindkvist (7x, Crew)
Per Källberg (6x, Crew)
Ulf Dageby (6x, Crew)
Per Berglund (5x, Crew)
Jan Lindqvist (5x, Crew)
Bo Widerberg (4x, Crew)
Thommy Berggren (3x, Actor)
Lukas Moodysson (3x, Crew)
Inge Roos (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:440375, Added: 09/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024